Ndakamhanya Marathon muAntarctica!

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Ini handisi mutambi wehunyanzvi. Kunyange zvazvo ndakakura ndichishingaira uye ndichikwasva ndiri kuchikoro chesekondari, ndakaramba bhezari yokukwasva kukoreji nokuti ndaifunga kuti yakanga yakaoma zvikuru. Asi mukati memesita yekukoreji kunze kwenyika muSydney, Australia, ndakawana chimwe chinhu chandaifarira chaizvo: kumhanya. Yakanga iri nzira yekuti ndione guta, uye yaive nguva yekutanga kufunga kufunga zvekumhanya se "kunakidzwa." Yakabatanidza pfungwa yekuongorora uye kurovedza muviri.

Asi kwechinguva, kumhanya kwaingove kurovedza-ini ndaitenderera makiromita mana kana mashanu mamaira mashoma pavhiki. Zvino, muna2008, ndakatanga kushanda paMassachusetts General Hospital muBoston, MA uye ini ndakabatsira kuronga kudya kwemanheru usiku hwakatangira Boston Marathon. Simba rakatenderedza chiitiko chose raive rakakura. Ndinoyeuka ndichifunga, "Ndinofanira kuita izvi." Ndingadai ndisina kumbomhanya mujaho kare, asi ndakafunga, nekudzidzira, ndaigona kuzviita!

Uye ndakadaro. Kumhanya Boston Marathon kwaishamisa kwazvo-ndizvo zvese zvayakatsemuka kuva. Ndakamhanya nayo muna 2010, uyezve muna 2011 na2012. Asi apo ini ndakanga ndamhanya a vashoma marathon, hanzvadzi yangu, Taylor, aive nechimwe chinangwa: kumhanya pamakondinendi manomwe ese. Ndipo patakawana iyo Antarctica Marathon-mujaho pachitsuwa chaipo kubva pakondinendi huru inonzi King George Island. Dambudziko: Paive nemakore mana ekumirira rondedzero.

Takazopedzisira tave kuenda gore rakapfuura kupfuura zvanga zvichitarisirwa, munaKurume 2015. Huwandu hwevashanyi kuenda kuAntarctica hwakaganhurirwa gore rega rega, kazhinji kune igwa rimwe rine vanhu zana. Saka takatanga kufunga nezvese, kubva pamapasipoti uye mubhadharo wekudzoka kune chekurongedza (shangu dzakanaka dzekufamba munzira; magirazi ezuva aigona kudzivirira pakunaya kwechando uye kupenya kwakanyanya; mhepo isingapindi mhepo, mbatya dzinodziya). Urongwa: Pedza husiku gumi pane yakadzoreredzwa ngarava ine vangangoita zana vamwe vamhanyi. Zvese mune zvese, zvinodhura madhora zviuru gumi pamunhu. Patakachibhuka, ndakafunga kuti, "Ndizvozvo zvizhinji yemari!" Asi ndakatanga kuisa $200 pamubhadharo wega wega uye zvakawedzera zvinoshamisa nekukurumidza.

Kutanga Kuona kweAntarctica

Patakatanga kuona kondinendi yeAntarctica, ndizvo chaizvo zvataifunga—mazaya echando makuru, ane makomo achiwira mugungwa, uye mapenguin nezvisimbiso kwose kwose.

Nyika zhinji dzine mabhesheni ekutsvagisa paKing George Island, zvakadaro, saka haina kunyatsoita kunge bhuku rekuverenga Antarctica. Yakanga yakasvibira uye iine madhaka, iine chando chakafukidzwa. (Mujaho unoitirwa ipapo saka vamhanyi vanokwanisa kuwana mabasa ekukurumidzira.)

Paive zvakare paine zvimwe zvakasarudzika zvakasiyana pazuva remjaho. Kune imwe, taifanira kutakura isu pachedu mvura yemabhodhoro kuenda kuchitsuwa. Uye maererano nezvekuwedzera zvekudya uye zvekudya zvekudya, hatina kukwanisa kuunza chero chinhu chine muputuru unogona kubhururuka uchienda; taifanira kuaisa muhomwe medu kana mumudziyo wepurasitiki kuti titakure. Chimwe chinhu chinoshamisira: mamiriro emuchimbuzi. Paive netende riine bhaketi patambo yekutanga / yekupedzisa. Ivo varongi venhangemutange vanoomesera zvakanyanya pamusoro pekukwevera pamusoro uye kukoira padivi pemugwagwa-iyo yakakura kwete-kwete. Kana iwe uchifanira kuenda, iwe enda mubhaketi.

Husiku hwakatangira mujaho, taifanira kuuraya utachiona hwezvinhu zvedu zvese-haugone kuunza chero chinhu chisiri chekuzvarwa kuAntarctica, senge nzungu kana mhodzi dzaigona kubatwa mumateki ako, nekuti vaongorori nevanochengetedza mhuka havadi kuti vashanyi vauye. kukanganisa iyo ecosystem. Isu taifanirwa kupinda mukati medu tese nhangemutange yegasi muchikepe ipapo vashandi vekufambisa vakatipa mahombodo mahombe matsvuku kuisa pamusoro pedu zvese zvekumhanya-kutidzivirira kubva kuchando chinotonhora chegungwa pazodiac, kana kuti inflatable chikepe, kukwira kuenda kumahombekombe.

Rudzi Rwacho

Mujaho uyu waive munaKurume 9, mumwaka wechirimo weAntarctica-tembiricha yaive ingangoita 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Ndizvo chaizvo warmer kupfuura pandakanga ndichidzidzira muBoston! Yaiva mhepo yataifanira kungwarira. Yainzwa kunge madhigirii gumi; zvakakuvadza kumeso kwako.

Asi hapana zvakawanda zvekufarira kuAntarctica Marathon. Iwe unosvika kukorari yekutanga, iwe unoisa zvinhu zvako, uye unoenda. Hapana kureba kwekumira wakakomberedza kana. kunotonhora! Nenzira, pavanhu zana vaimhanya, vanhu vangangosvika gumi chete ndivo vaimhanya vachikwikwidza. Vazhinji vedu taingoita izvi kuti titi takaita marathon muAntarctica! Uye varongi vemarathon vakatiyambira kuti titarisire kuti nguva yedu ingangoita seinononoka paawa pane nguva yako yemarathon, uchipihwa mamiriro akaipisisa, kubva kuchitonhora kusvika munzira isina kupakwa.

Ini ndanga ndangoronga kuita hafu yemarathon, asi kana ndiripo, ndakafunga kuenda zvizere. Panzvimbo penzira yakatwasuka ine mitsara yekutanga uye yekupedzisa, kosi yacho yaive nhanhatu 4.3ish mamaira matopu emigwagwa yakasviba yakaoma ine yakawanda yezvikomo zvipfupi. Pakutanga, ndaifunga kuti zvishwe zvaizotyisa. Marathon mu laps? Asi zvakaguma zvave kutonhorera, nekuti ivo vanhu zana vawaingopedza svondo uri muchikepe navo vese vaifarirana pavaipfuura. Ndakati regai ndikwire makomo ese kuti ndisapedze simba ndimhanye madhiri nemaflats. Kufamba munzvimbo iyoyo kwakanga kwakaoma zvikuru. Asi nokutendeseka, maererano nekushanda nesimba, Antarctica yaive nyore kupfuura Boston!

Kuyambuka Finish Line

Kupedza ndakanzwa kunoshamisa. Yakanga ichikurumidza-iwe ukayambuka tambo, tora menduru yako, chinja, uye svika kuigwa. Hypothermia inogona kuseta mukati nekukurumidza kana iwe uchidikitira uye wakanyorova, nekuda kwemhepo inotonhora uye yegungwa spray. Asi kunyange zvazvo yakanga yakakurumidza, yakanga isingakanganwiki; saka kusiyana nerumwe rudzi.

Mujaho uyu unogona kunge usiri chinhu chisingaperi, zvakadaro. Varongi vevashanyi nevashandi vekushanya vaive vakangwarira nevashanyi pachitsuwa ichi, uye kurambidzwa uye kuyedza kwekuchengetedza kunogona kuita kuti zvive zvakaoma, kana zvisingaite, kuenda ikoko mune ramangwana. Marathon Tours inotengeswa kunze kuburikidza na2017 zvakare! Ndinotaurira munhu wese kuti, "Endai izvozvi! Bhukai rwendo rwenyu!" Nekuti haugone kuwana mumwe mukana.

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